fat

Sranan Tongo: fatu

From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old English fǣt (“fat”, recorded once), from Proto-West Germanic *fait, from Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).

lard

in animals; derogatory slang when used of human fat

(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)


fat

en-verb

fat (third-person singular simple present fats, present participle fatting, simple past and past participle fatted)

fats (present singular third-person)
fatting (participle present)
fatted (participle past)
fatted (past)

“On this one hole, Donald hits his second and fats it into the water,” Faxon remembers. “But he quickly says to me, ‘Hey, throw me another ball; they weren’t looking.’ So I do. But he fats that one into the water, too. So he drives up and drops where he should’ve dropped the first time and hits it on the green.”

2019 April 2, Rick Reilly, How and why President Trump cheats at golf — even when he’s playing against Tiger Woods, archived from the original on 2022-03-29:

(transitive, golf) To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.


linksland

en-noun

linksland (usually uncountable, plural linkslands)

(golf) A golf course near the sea, particularly one with terrain resembling linksland.


wrist shot

(golf) A short stroke usually played with an iron, from the wrist, without swinging the club over the shoulder.


hook shot

(golf) Synonym of hook (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”)


lay up

en-verb

lay up (third-person singular simple present lays up, present participle laying up, simple past and past participle laid up)

lays up (present singular third-person)
laying up (participle present)
laid up (participle past)
laid up (past)

Rather than try to reach the green, he chose to lay up.

(intransitive, golf) To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot.


ground game

en-noun

ground game (countable and uncountable, plural ground games)

Most golf courses built in the 1980s went away from the old-fashioned ground game and forced players to hit the ball high.

1999, Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake, The Game for a Lifetime, →ISBN, page 34:

(golf) Putting; hitting the ball along the ground


holeable

en-adj

holeable (comparative more holeable, superlative most holeable)

more holeable (comparative)
most holeable (superlative)

(golf) Able to be holed; allowing the ball to be sunk.


pitch mark

(golf) An indentation caused by a golf ball hitting the ground in golf.


greenside

He knocked his fourth shot from the rough into a greenside bunker.

2007 February 24, Damon Hack, “Woods Meets His Match as Winning Streak Ends”, in New York Times:


flagstick

He rattled the flagstick twice with his approach shots[…].

2007 May 12, Damon Hack, “Woods Saves His Best Shot for Sabbatini”, in New York Times:

(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole


clubhead

He […] experimented with drivers that had various weights throughout the clubhead — all with the hope of finding more of the PGA Tour’s fairways and less of its trees.

2007 February 12, Damon Hack, “A Weakness Corrected, Mickelson Moves Ahead”, in New York Times:

(golf) The head of a golf club: the part of the club that strikes the ball


clubface

Mark Sherwood, the caddie for Fredrik Jacobson, led for much of the contest after hitting an 8-iron a little low on the clubface.

2007 May 10, Damon Hack, “PGA Tour Caddies Finally Take a Load Off Their Shoulders”, in New York Times:

(golf) The leading face of a golf club; the side of the clubhead that strikes the ball


sandbelt

It^([Yarram Golf Club]) is a true sandbelt golf course, where the fairways offer beautiful lies — good enough to tempt you with a driver.

2009, Paul Daley, Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective, volume 5, page 29:

Pitt said Golf Australia hoped to return the Open to one of the traditional sandbelt courses in 2010, the last of a minimum three-year deal to play the event in Melbourne.

2009 February 10, Mark Hayes, “School out as 12-year-old takes on Karrie Webb”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-02-11:

Located in the district of Rye, on the Mornington Peninsula, the property (named Markdel in tribute to Freedman′s oldest brother Mark and mother Del) was a little over an hour′s drive out of Melbourne and lay in the famous golf course sandbelt region of Victoria.[…]While perfect for golf, the sandbelt was also exceptional for the training of racehorses,[…].

2011, John Hunt, Princess: The Miss Andretti Story, page 226:

(golf, Australia) An area developed from sand dunes; the region in Victoria is a well-known example.


hole out

en-verb

hole out (third-person singular simple present holes out, present participle holing out, simple past and past participle holed out)

holes out (present singular third-person)
holing out (participle present)
holed out (participle past)
holed out (past)

(intransitive, golf) To complete a hole by sinking the ball.


greenkeeper

greenkeepers (plural)
greenskeeper (alternative)
green keeper (alternative)

(golf) An employee responsible for the maintenance of a golf course.


mashie niblick

(golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft. The equivalent of a 7-iron in a modern set of clubs.


mid-mashie

(golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club, the equivalent of a 3-iron in a modern set of clubs.


fourball

en-noun

fourball (countable and uncountable, plural fourballs)

The United States pitched a shutout in five alternate-shot matches during a crisp morning, then turned back an International rally with one of its own to split the afternoon fourball matches and build a 14 ½-7 ½ lead going into the 12 singles matches today in Montreal.

2007 September 30, The Associated Press, “U.S. Widens Lead in Presidents Cup”, in New York Times:

(golf) A match between two teams of two golfers, each playing his or her own ball throughout the round rather than alternating shots, and each hole won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score.


match play

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(golf) A scoring system in which points are awarded for each hole won, as opposed to stroke play.


outdrive

en-verb

outdrive (third-person singular simple present outdrives, present participle outdriving, simple past outdrove, past participle outdriven)

outdrives (present singular third-person)
outdriving (participle present)
outdrove (past)
outdriven (participle past)

From Middle English outdriven, equivalent to out- + drive.

In friendly matches, she hit off the back tees used by men, and with her solid build she usually outdrove them, averaging 240 yards with wood-shaft clubs.

2007 January 12, Frank Litsky, “Maureen Orcutt, 99, Golf Champion, Dies”, in New York Times:

(transitive, golf) To make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than.


lob wedge

(golf) A golf club (an iron) which provides maximum loft.


driving iron

(golf) An iron golf club which can be used as a driver.


mid-iron

mid-irons (plural)
midiron (alternative)

(golf) An iron golf club with more lift than a driver.

meániarann

an iron golf club with more lift than a driver


lofter

Miss Thorn began digging up the turf with her lofter: it was a painful moment for me. ¶ “You might at least have tried me, Mrs. Cooke,” I said.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

(golf) An obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick.


baffy

(golf) An obsolete wooden golf club with high loft.


stroke play

(golf) A scoring system in which points are awarded based on the number of strokes used to sink the ball, as opposed to match play.


outputt

outputt (third-person singular simple present outputts, present participle outputting, simple past and past participle outputted)

outputts (present singular third-person)
outputting (participle present)
outputted (participle past)
outputted (past)

He came in with two career wins and 27 career top-10s, but outputted one of the game’s best putters, Stricker, on the last green, a man who has two wins this year and won the Barclays in 2007 since Slocum last won on Tour.

2009 August 31, Larry Dorman, “Slocum, Seeded 124th, Makes Clutch Putt to Hold Off Stars”, in New York Times:


retee

retee (third-person singular simple present retees, present participle reteeing, simple past and past participle reteed)

retees (present singular third-person)
reteeing (participle present)
reteed (participle past)
reteed (past)

(ambitransitive, golf) To place the ball back on the tee in preparation for another stroke.


Triple Crown

(golf) The three grandest or oldest open championships of the year

(in men's golf) The U.S. Open, British Open, Canadian Open


tee up

tee up (third-person singular simple present tees up, present participle teeing up, simple past and past participle teed up)

tees up (present singular third-person)
teeing up (participle present)
teed up (participle past)
teed up (past)


air-shot

air-shots (plural)
air shot (alternative)

A comical Bendtner air-shot then brought ironic cheers from the 5,000 Huddersfield fans massed behind the Clock End goal, before the Dane was involved in a fortuitous Gunners' opening goal.

2011 January 30, Kevin Darling, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, in BBC:

(sports, soccer, golf, snooker etc.) A failed attempt to strike the ball.


handsy

en-adj

handsy (comparative handsier, superlative handsiest)

handsier (comparative)
handsiest (superlative)

At a wiry 5 feet 9 inches and 140 pounds, with a handsy, almost ungainly swing, Pavin lacked the power and solid technique that have been the foundation of success for most of the game's elite players.

1991 May 26, Jaime Diaz, “Pavin Is Making a Strong Bid to Join Game's Elite”, in The New York Times:

(golf) Moving the hands and wrists excessively when making a stroke or swing.


backweight

Fashioned with shafts of aged hickory, ash or lemonwood, these early clubs have heads with an insert of ram’s horn or a lead backweight.

2007 September 7, Wendy Moonan, “Olde Cleeks, Spoons and Brassies (for Birdies and Bogeys)”, in New York Times:

(golf) A weight attached to the back of a golf club to give it a lower centre of gravity.


deloft

en-verb

deloft (third-person singular simple present delofts, present participle delofting, simple past and past participle delofted)

delofts (present singular third-person)
delofting (participle present)
delofted (participle past)
delofted (past)

To ensure that you do not make a normal transfer of weight to your front foot during the swing, which may be good for full shots or chips but delofts the club in a flop shot, practice keeping your front heel off the ground throughout the swing.

2009 April 13, Bill Pennington, “Sorenstam’s Tips for Flop Shots in Tough Spots”, in New York Times:

(golf) To reduce the loft of a stroke with.


chip shot

chip shots (plural)
chip-shot (alternative)
chipshot (alternative)

A 45-foot chip shot on the 18th hole gave Billy Casper Jr. of Bonita, Calif., a 5-under-par 65.

1957 February 9, “Sports in Brief”, in Gettysburg Times, USA, retrieved 2011-10-17, page 5:

Woods finished on a high note when he muscled a chip shot out of the rough behind the 18th green, landed it on the fringe and got it to roll within inches of the hole.

2010 September 5, “Day takes 1-shot lead at Deutsche Bank”, in WGRZ-TV, USA, retrieved 2011-10-17:

(golf) An approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.


screwback

There he was three into the bunker and bogey for the hole was four, and making up his mind to lay the ball dead, he took his niblick and executed a beautiful screwback shot which landed within a foot of the pin, rolled to the edge of the hole, and there stopped dead, doubtless owing to the eternally damned influence of the aforesaid cloven hoofprint.

2014, Margaret Irwin, These Mortals, →ISBN:

(golf) A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.


golden slam

(tennis, golf) Winning all four major championships (a grand slam) plus an Olympic gold medal.

calendar golden slam

inning all these in a calendar year or a single season

career golden slam

winning all these in the course of a career

non-calendar golden slam

holding all these as reigning champion all at one time, not in the course of one year/season, but spread over two


sclaff

From Scot sclaf, to shuffle: of echoic orig (

(golf) A poor golf shot, where the club hits the ground before it hits the ball.


sclaff

sclaff (third-person singular simple present sclaffs, present participle sclaffing, simple past and past participle sclaffed)

sclaffs (present singular third-person)
sclaffing (participle present)
sclaffed (participle past)
sclaffed (past)


niblick shot

The feeling of satisfaction when one hits a good drive is different from that attendant on hitting a good niblick shot; and both are quite different from that attendant on writing a good sentence or doing a good dive.

1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 25

(golf, dated) A shot traversing a short distance that requires the use of a sand wedge, typically taken from a bunker.


greensome

(golf) A foursome game with the difference that both players tee off on every hole. The better ball is chosen and alternate strokes are then played to complete the hole.


long game

“[E]verybody thinks when the wind blows it affects the long game the most, but it doesn’t,” Westwood said. “It tends to affect the putting most.”

2010 July 18, Christopher Clarey, “Another Second for Golf’s Latest Near-Miss Man”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-07-11:

(golf) The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.


forecaddie

(golf) A caddie who does not carry clubs, but locates balls and gets groups of players to move around the course.


forecaddie

forecaddie (third-person singular simple present forecaddies, present participle forecaddying, simple past and past participle forecaddied)

forecaddies (present singular third-person)
forecaddying (participle present)
forecaddied (participle past)
forecaddied (past)

(golf, intransitive) To act as a forecaddie.


dormy

Encyclopaedia of Sport
A player who is dormy cannot be beaten, and at the worst must halve the match.

1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 110.
I could see that Hemingway, confident that he would be dormy one, was a good deal shaken at coming to the eighteenth all square.


dead-handed

en-adj

dead-handed (comparative more dead-handed, superlative most dead-handed)

more dead-handed (comparative)
most dead-handed (superlative)
deadhanded (alternative)

Then simply hit a dead-handed chip, with the hands, wrists and arms all swinging together as if in a solid block.

1984, George Peper, Golf's Supershots: How the Pros Played Them - How You Can Play Them, →ISBN:

(golf) Having very little wrist or hand action.


sclaffer

At a foot and a half from the hole the clean putter often fails, from incapacity to graduate inches of weakness, whilst the sclaffer succeeds because he is dealing with coarser weight sensitiveness.

1887, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, The Art of Golf, page 154:


bogeyland

Even worse than the sand, though, was the grassy bank that comes down between the bunkers, where the rough was so thick it amounted to bogeyland.

2009 June 20, Charles Mcgrath, “Where Golf's Best Looked Their Worst”, in New York Times:

(golf, colloquial) Part of the terrain of a golf course, or (figurative) a situation, that leads to a player achieving no better than a bogey.


Stimpmeter

Blend of Stimpson + meter; it was designed by golfer Edward S. Stimpson, Sr. in 1935.

(golf) A device that measures the speed of a golf course's putting green by applying a known force to a golf ball and measuring the distance travelled.


linksy

linksy (comparative more linksy, superlative most linksy)

more linksy (comparative)
most linksy (superlative)

Ames agrees with the general early assessment of Turnberry, that it's not quite completely linksy, with some forced carries, particularly on the par-3s, and requires particularly straight driving because the rough is up (and usually wet) and 22 new bunkers have been added, many at go-or-no-go distances, to swallow up the timid or at least steer them the long way around.

2009 July 15, Dave Perkins, “Ames ready to break out”, in Toronto Star:

(golf) Characteristic of a links (golf course situated on dunes near the sea).


hand wedge

(golf, slang, humorous) A golf player's hand, when used to cheat by surreptitiously moving the ball to a more advantageous position.


underclub

en-verb

underclub (third-person singular simple present underclubs, present participle underclubbing, simple past and past participle underclubbed)

underclubs (present singular third-person)
underclubbing (participle present)
underclubbed (participle past)
underclubbed (past)

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(golf, ambitransitive) To take (a shot) with a golf club that provides too little distance.


overclub

overclub (third-person singular simple present overclubs, present participle overclubbing, simple past and past participle overclubbed)

overclubs (present singular third-person)
overclubbing (participle present)
overclubbed (participle past)
overclubbed (past)

(golf, ambitransitive) To take (a shot) with a golf club that provides too much distance.


gangsome

After he retired, he played five days a week with his "gangsome."

2008, J. Mark Fox, Real Life Moments: A Dad's Devotional:

Our wagering gangsomes roamed the course for around twelve years.

2014, Dan Jenkins, His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir:

(golf) A large organised pool of golfers made up of multiple smaller groups or foursomes; a group of golfers larger than a fivesome playing together


putt-putt

Shortened form of Putt-Putt Golf, from the American company and recreational facility named Putt-Putt Fun Center.

(golf) An informal form of golf, played with a putter on a short course featuring novelty obstacles.


guttie

(golf, informal) A golf ball made from gutta-percha.


teebox

teeboxes (plural)
tee-box (alternative)
tee box (alternative)

(golf) The area where play begins for a hole of golf.


above par

(golf) (of a score) More than par for the hole or course.


half-one

(golf) A handicap of one stroke every second hole.


play club

(golf, historical) A wooden-headed golf club used for driving the ball the longest distances.


explosion shot

(golf) A powerful stroke that blasts the ball out of a bunker.


Sabbath stick

(golf, historical) A golf club disguised as a walking stick (with the club's head held in the hand while walking) for use on Sundays, on which the Church of Scotland had discouraged the playing of golf.


drive for show, putt for dough

Chosen for the rhyme. See dough (“money”).

(golf, informal) Long drive shots may look impressive, but putting accuracy on the green is most important in order to win.


spade mashie

(golf, dated) A kind of golf club, the number six iron.


tiger country

These open holes are followed by an adventurous hole of 323 yards that takes the player through some real tiger country on the left and private property on the right.

1950, William Galbraith, Pestwick St. Nicholas Golf Club, page 54:

The approach shot is uphill, guarded by bunkers, so if you miss it you're on your own in "tiger" country.

1991, William H. Davis, Sally Peters, The world's best golf, page 286:


Stableford

en-noun

Stableford (countable and uncountable, plural Stablefords)

Stablefords (plural)
stableford (alternative)

Named after its devisor, Frank Stableford (1870–1959).

(golf) A scoring system in the sport of golf that involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole; (by extension) a game played according to this system.


chili dip

A perfect shot can give confidence to propel a round, and a single chili dip can ruin an entire year around the greens.

2010, Andy Wible, Golf and Philosophy: Lessons from the Links, page 171:

(golf, informal) An unsuccessful shot that brings up a chunk of grass or earth.


cart path

You want to research the question of whether a golfcart lessor's liability policy provides coverage for a claim arising out of the lessee's negligence in maintaining the cart path.

1996, Theodor Herman, How to Research Less and Find More: The Essential Guide to Computer Assisted Legal Research, Eagan, Minnesota: West Publishing Company, page 13:

You get free relief, normally, when your ball lies on an artificially surfaced road or cart path, according to the rules of golf.

2011 April 27, Michael Patrick Shiels, Michael Kernicki, Golf's Short Game For Dummies, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, page 154:

(golf) A paved path designed for golf carts, especially on a golf course.


play through

en-verb

play through (third-person singular simple present plays through, present participle playing through, simple past and past participle played through)

plays through (present singular third-person)
playing through (participle present)
played through (participle past)
played through (past)

(golf) To overtake a slower group of players ahead of one's own group, rather than waiting for them to finish the hole before proceeding.


GUR

(golf) Initialism of ground under repair.


proette

(golf, dated) A female professional golfer.


baffing spoon

(golf, dated) A golf club equivalent to a number 7 wood.


(golf) Abbreviation of fourball better ball.


best ball

(golf) The fourball golf format, especially a variation involving teams of three or four players.


golf bag

(golf) A long bag for carrying golf clubs.


pro shop

(sports, especially tennis and golf) A shop at a sports club that sells equipment, often run by a professional in that sport


misputt

misputt (third-person singular simple present misputts, present participle misputting, simple past and past participle misputted)

misputts (present singular third-person)
misputting (participle present)
misputted (participle past)
misputted (past)

I misputted on the fourth hole.

(intransitive, rare, golf) To putt badly or wrongly.


address the ball

address the ball (third-person singular simple present addresses the ball, present participle addressing the ball, simple past and past participle addressed the ball)

addresses the ball (present singular third-person)
addressing the ball (participle present)
addressed the ball (participle past)
addressed the ball (past)

(golf) To ground one's club immediately in front of or behind the ball, as a preamble to swinging.


Schenectady putter

en-noun

Schenectady putter (plural Schenectady putters)

(golf, historical) A kind of center-shafted, mallet-headed putter.


banana slice

(golf) Synonym of slice (“shot that curves unintentionally”)


Texas wedge

(golf, slang) The putter, when used to take a shot that is not on the green.


front nine

(golf) The first nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.


back nine

(golf) The final nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.


mashie iron

(golf, dated) An obsolete golf club, the equivalent of a modern 4-iron.


British Open

(golf) An informal name for the Open Championship, the oldest golf tournament in the world


flat stick

flat sticks (plural)
flatstick (alternative)

As I walked (it was time for a break) off the fourteenth green, it hit me what I'd just done: I'd just birdied five holes in a row while running—without a putter. I've never birdied those holes consecutively before or since that moment, and I've played them dozens of times with my trusty flatstick in the bag and plenty of time to read the green.

2007, Christopher Smith, I've Got 99 Swing Thoughts but "Hit the Ball" Ain't One, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 21:

Cameron Smith's 150th Open Championship came, above all else, with his putter. And deservedly so. His flat stick caught fire on Sunday, helping him onto five birdies to start the back nine and a 64 seize the trophy from Rory McIlroy's grasp.

2022 July 17, Luke Kerr-Dineen, “How the beer-loving Cameron Smith lost weight — and gained distance”, in Golf Magazine, New York, N.Y.: EB Golf Media LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:

(golf) A golf club intended for putting; a putter.


casual water

(golf) A temporary accumulation of water which does not constitute a regular hazard of a golf course.


bump and run

(golf) A low-trajectory shot intended to get the ball rolling along the fairway and up onto the green, like a chip shot but played from a greater distance.


shotgun start

/ˈʃɒtɡʌn stɑːt/

/ˈʃɑtɡʌn stɑɹt/

From the first reported use of this format in 1956, wherein a shotgun was fired to alert all players from each of the 18 holes that the tournament had started.

Also, since the players teed off simultaneously, the infamous "shotgun start," with several foursomes at each tee box, the tournaments ran notoriously slow.

2011 October, Mike Nettleton, Shotgun Start, Krill Press, →ISBN:

In a classic shotgun start, 18 groups play, with one group starting on each hole, but, more often, there will be two groups starting on the par-fours and par-fives.

2011 January 21, Bill Mallon, Randon Jerris, Historical Dictionary of Golf, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 267:

A shotgun start begins at the clubhouse and has all participants leaving at the same time to travel to a designated starting hole to await the starting gun/noise.

2011 August 8, Linda E. Swayne, Mark Dodds, Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:

After the Dom Perignon toast and shotgun start, approximately 30 foursomes will head out to play two best balls on one of the most prestigious courses in the Cincinnati area.

2009 January, “The Russ Wiles Memorial Golf Tournament”, in Cincinnati Magazine, page 155:

A shotgun start format is usually employed for a golf tournament of 120-144 golfers on 18 holes. Each foursome is assigned a starting hole and begins the tournament at that hole.

2013 March, Frank MacGrath, The Complete Handbook for Planning, Implementing and Sustaining A Successful Fundraising Golf Tournament, Civil Sector Press, →ISBN, page 48:

(golf) A tournament format in which all groups of contestants tee off simultaneously from different holes.


tee time

tee time (countable and uncountable, plural tee times)

(golf) The designated location on a golf course where players must be present in order to begin their rounds.

(golf) The designated time in which a game of golf commences.


lip out

en-verb

lip out (third-person singular simple present lips out, present participle lipping out, simple past and past participle lipped out)

lips out (present singular third-person)
lipping out (participle present)
lipped out (participle past)
lipped out (past)

(golf, of a ball) To touch the rim of a hole but not go in.


trick up

trick up (third-person singular simple present tricks up, present participle tricking up, simple past and past participle tricked up)

tricks up (present singular third-person)
tricking up (participle present)
tricked up (participle past)
tricked up (past)

(transitive, golf) To add tricks to a course or hole, including hazards in full golf and barriers in minigolf.


read the green

read the green (third-person singular simple present reads the green, present participle reading the green, simple past and past participle read the green)

reads the green (present singular third-person)
reading the green (participle present)
read the green (participle past)
read the green (past)

(idiomatic, golf) To determine the slope of a golf green and to analyze its surface, in order to determine its effect on the golf ball as it travels toward the target.


clubhouse leader

en-noun

clubhouse leader (plural clubhouse leaders)

(golf) The player with the lowest score among those who have finished the round, while other competitors are still playing.


clubhouse lead

(golf) The position held by the clubhouse leader.